Month: April 2010

  • The Soup Kitchen

    This is Tony, my music minister from the church where I grew up.  Tony has always been very active in serving others in the name of Christ.  For the past 25 years, he’s worked monthly to organize food and helpers to serve the needy at the local soup kitchen.  We were blessed to help serve…

  • Spring Preschool

    I’m planning to get my act together with preschool during summer break.  I’ve found it really hard to add Eli into the schedule and his time has suffered more than I had hoped.  We still manage to do fun things, just not quite as often as I’d like.  Here are a few things we’ve done…

  • Goodbye 20th Century!

    ALL planned unit studies for the 2009-10 school year are finished!  To wrap up the school year by the end of April, we’ll be completing plans and texts for all of our other subjects and adding in a few fun writing, science and art lessons.  While the kids work, I’ll begin the process of putting…

  • The Money Box

    For well over a year, Caleb scrimped and saved every bit of money he could in his little money box.  He made calling cards for family members telling them he was available for any kind of work to earn cash.  He shredded papers for one grandma, washed cars and fish tanks for the other grandma,…

  • Hands-on Geometry

    I continue to be impressed by the materials Prufrock Press sends me for review.  Believe me, if I didn’t like something, I wouldn’t post about it!  And if I don’t actually use it in my homeschool, I won’t post about it either! Hands-On Geometry is a book we used in our school once a week…